Grass-cutter.



PATENTED JAN. 29, 1907.

fitto-amig? B. H. HERRICK & GLEARY.

GRASS GUTTER. APPLroMloN IYILBD MAY22,1906.

wif" una z WM No. 842,199, PATENTBD'JAN. 29, 1907.

' B. H. HERRICK & P. OLBARY.

GRASS GUTTER. APPLICATION FILED MAY22,:1906.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

wi h1 zona usual form of axle 3.

BERT H. HEREICK AND FRANK eLEARi/i'or RUGBY, NORTH DAKoTi GRASS-CUTTER.

Specification of Lettere Patenti Patented Jan. 29, 1907.

Application led May 2,2, 1906. Burial No. 318,211.

To a/Z whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, BERT H. HERRICK and FRANK CLEARY. citizens of the United States, residing at Rugby, in the county of Pierce and State of North Dakota, have -invented certain new and useFul Improvements in Grass- (utters; and we do hereby declare the following to be a hill, clear, and exact description ol.' the invention, such. as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention relates to new and useful improvements in. grass-cutters, and more yparticularly to that class adapted to be used 1n connection with railwaytracks; and our `object is to provide a device of this class 'which may be connected to a hand-car orV the like and thek momentum thereof employed for operating' the cutting mechanism.

A further object iste provide means for raising or lowering said cutting device; and a still further objeet is to provide means for engaging or disengaging the cutting device from the source of power.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinaf ter made clearly apparent in the specification and pointed out in the claims.

` .ln the accompanying vdrawings we have shown the preferred form olt our'mvention In said drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of our improved cutting device attached to one end ol a carand showing the position ol thecutting parts when not in use by dotted lines; and Fig. 2 is a bottom plan View thereof, showing portions thereol2 brokeii away.

Referring to the figures by numerals of reference, 1 indicates the loorpofa car,which -is mounted upon suitable carryin -wheels 2, ysaid wheels being in turn .mountef upon the shaft 1-1, which is designed to carry a plural-.I

ityr of disks 12, which are arranged in pairs, and each pair has secured upon their periphery a plurality ol' cutting-blades 13, said blades being designed to successively engage cutting-bars 14, disposed below the disks 12 Mounted in suitable,l

and parallel with the shaft 11. The 9' and 10 are disposed in pairs, each pair havin a wheel 15 andi, respectively 4meente therebetweeniand upon the shaft 5, While the o posite end of -said arms have mounted therebetween and upon theslxaft V11 similar wheels 17 and 18, respectively, `said Wheels having disposed therearound driving-belts 19 and 20, res ectively, and`v by which means the cuttinglades 13 are operated.

The shaft 11 projects beyond the arms Ol. and. 9, and the extreme outer ends thereci` are supported by means of brackets 21, the arms` 9 and 1 '0 and the brackets 21 being so spaced apart upon lthe shaft 11 that it is divided into three sections, the central section carrying blades of sufficient length to cover the space between the track-rails 22l while the spaces at-each end thereof are of less width and the cutting-blades disposed in said spaces being of a corresponding length,

said. blades being of suilicient length to cut the grass adjacent to the sup ortinglties.

In order to raise or lower t ie arms 9 andllO and parts carried thereby, a frame 23 is secured to the ioor ofthe ear, and in said frame is rotatably mounted a shaft 24, upon Whichis disposed a suitable winding-drum 25,y a

ratchetwheel 26 and latch 27 being employed to retain said parts in theiradiusted positions. to the winding-drum 25, the outer end of said cable being bifurcated, the ends 29 thereof being disposed in connection with ears 30 upon' the arms 9 and 10, so that when the i drum 25 is rotated in one direction the arms 9 and 10 and parts-carried thereby will be elevated, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1 of the drawings. It will also be seen that the height of the cutting-blades above the ground may be readily regulated. A clutch4 31 is disposed around the shaft 5 and is designed to engage the toothed hub 32 of the grooved wheel 6., and the clutch isplaced un- One end of a, cable 28 is secured l der the control of the operator by means of a n' lever 33, which is pivotally secured to the end of the car-Hoor Yand has its bifurcated lower end 34 extending into engagement withV the clutch 31, so that by moving said'leverfrom side to side the clutch will be disposed into or out of engagement with the hub 32. It will now be seen that when the car is moving for# ward the cutting-blades 13 willA be rapidly .revolved through the medium of the driving belts 8, 19, and 20, respectively, axle 3, and

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the shafts 5 and 11. In the construction j 'shown we have provided a very cheap vand durable cutting device and one that can be readily applied to use upon any form of car.

W'hat we claim isl. The combination with the running-gear lof apar, and a`iioor mounted on said running-gear; of a shaft, means to Ysecure said shaft yto vthe floor'ojl the oar, arms arranged in pairs vand mounted at one end upon said shaft, a shaft at the outer ends of said arms and extending beyond each side of said arms,- brackets 'tosupport the outer ends of 'said shaft, Cutting-blades disposed upon said shaft, means'to rotate said shaft and cuttingblades., and additional means to raise or lower said arms and parts Carried thereby.

2. In a device of the class described, the combinationv with the running-gear of a car, and a floor mounted upon said runninggear; of a-sha'fjt, brackets to secure said shaft to the -floor of the ear,larms scoured to said shaft and disposed in pairs, a shaft at the outer ends of said arms, disks dis osed in pairs upon said shaft, cutting-bla es secured to each pair of disks, wheels on said shaft and.

between each pair of arms, similar wheels upon the first-mentioned shaft, driving-belts 

